2. Company Overview
Hospitality Development UK ltd is a privately owned Hospitality Development company with
years of experience in operating websites for several online businesses. Hospitality
Development UK is part of the RGB group of companies. Today an established company,
renowned for the high level of service delivery, and for our unique approach in developing
new, unique and good hospitality sites and software solutions.
We are a one-stop shop for a growing number of hotels worldwide. Our portfolio of services
our specifically developed to cater for all requirements of our UK and European hotel
markets, through our auction sites, community sites, e-directory‟s and hotelier magazine.
Within our portfolio we have specifically developed to be customer-oriented, deliver good
value for money and aid our partners in satisfying the needs of their esteemed clientele.
At Hospitality Development UK, our team of dedicated, knowledgeable and professional
individuals, are renowned for their skills in envisaging market trends and developing new
packages that propose a unique selling proposition for our web based software
development for tourism, hotels and spa & and the hospitality supply industry..
Our development methodology is only matched by our dedication to deliver the highest
level of service possible. Our high rate of repeat business and long term business
relationships with our partners from all over the globe, is a constant reminder to the
company's success in delivering good value for money packages with a high level of
customer orientation and adaptation to the requirements of our clients.
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3. Hospitality Development UK Ltd: Online Services
At Hospitality Development we are constantly working towards developing new tools and services to aid our UK and international
partners.
Our Online Services include various tools that will smoothen your administrative workflow and also aid in your promotion and marketing.
www.hotelier.com
www.hospitalityfriends.com
www.compareyourhotel.com
www.holidayauction.tv
http://hotelier.typepad.com/hotelier/
www.facebook.com/HolidayAuction
www.twitter.com/Hotelierportal
We use over 120 social networks to promote our sites and business
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4. hotelier.com is one of the top two hospitality sites worldwide
and publisher of “hotelier News”, the daily hospitality industry newsletter since 1996.
Advertising on our „One Stop Site for Hoteliers‟ or in hotelier News provides a targeted opportunity to reach 78,492
(February. 2010) industry subscribers worldwide.
Our popular hotelier Forum section has been the industry‟s global news source and online hub for nearly a
decade, providing an online community gathering-place for professional interaction, announcements, discussing
news and hospitality tips; and networking and socialising with peers worldwide.
Now hotelier.com will be rolling out an exciting series of new services and sections into early 2010, providing
partners and advertisers with an expanding suite of marketing options to work with.
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5. 1. Site statistics
We are proud of our site‟s continuing popularity and high level of readership across the
hospitality industry, hotelier .com traffic and statistics include:
• Average monthly site visits – 134,428 unique visits and 2.4 million monthly page views
• Loyal repeat visitors – 58% of daily site visits are returning visitors.
• Time on-site – 4.35 minutes per visitor.
• Most visited pages – top news attract 47-56% of site traffic.
• 62% of hotelier.com readers/visitors are in management positions, evenly divided
between corporate and independent hoteliers as well as hospitality supply industries.
• hotelier.com News subscriptions up 17% in the last 6 months (February 2010).
• 72,343 newsletter subscribers, from 124 countries.
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6. 2. Reach, Distribution, Demographics
The newsletter is primarily targeted to hoteliers, who comprise some 57% of readers. The
remaining 43% of subscribers are executives from conference organisers, travel companies,
research firms, marketing groups, technology and service providers, publishers; and hotel
schools/universities among others.
Hotelier.com visitors and newsletter subscribers are:
- Hotel Chain Corporate Executives
- General Managers
- Resident Managers/Managers
- Executive Chefs/Culinary Experts
- Food & Beverage Managers
- Rooms Division Managers
- Sales & Marketing Managers
- Finance Directors
- Research & Market Analysts
- Hospitality Consultants
- Hospitality IT Specialists
- Hospitality Students
- Journalists & Media representatives
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7. Website traffic global distribution
• Subscribers located in 124 countries worldwide - our largest regional markets:
- EUROPE: 53.6% of page views
- USA/CANADA/MEXICO: 12.5% of page views
- ASIA PACIFIC/AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: 14.7% of page views
(includes China, India and Japan)
- MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: 19.2% of page views (includes UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait,
South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt)
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8. Popular Advertising Formats
We have a wide range of options for both the daily newsletter and site, including:
• HotelBlast solo mailings to over 72,343 subscribers (as of February 2010)
• Newsletter advertising in hotelier.com News.
• Combination newsletter/site advertising packages (ad will appear both in newsletter and associated
news pages on site.
• Forum section placement – high-traffic pages. www.hospitalityfriends.com
• Geo-targeted advertising – select country or region for campaign
• Premium links – stand out in our Directories Listing – New! To add your own listing onsite:
http://www.hotelier.com/hotelier/home
• Small Business Packages –buttons, banners and starter offers For all banner sizes, specifications
and pricing, please see our Advertising Rates document.
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9. Benefits for Advertisers and Partners
• Build brand awareness with international hospitality audience and establish new business contacts and potential
opportunities.
• Targeted exposure to key decision-makers and influencers representing hotel property, hotel chain, hotel owners and
management companies; and suppliers.
• International reach. Geo-targeted campaigns can be international, regional, or country-wide.
• Newsletter campaigns can be stand-alone „E-Blasts‟ promoting your event or brand; or published in regular daily
mailings.
• Sought-after niche hotelier and hospitality audience. Established online hospitality community since 1996 –
professional and highly-respected, at both top management and junior levels.
• Our aim is to be flexible, we can arrange a combination of ads to suit your requirements, with attractive package rates
available.
• New marketing options coming on stream into early 2010 include new sections in response to community requests,
partnership and sponsorship opportunities; and opportunities for both larger corporate advertisers and small-medium
hospitality organisations.
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10. Please find below contact s and their respective details
for Hospitality Development
Your contacts:
Walter Matthiesen, Managing Director
Telephone +44 (0)208 1238244
wm@hotelier.com
Angela Garriques, Customer Service Manager
Telephone: +44 (0)208 208 1238244
Fax: 0207 9042016
office@hotelier.com
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